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PROPERTY OF 


HANDBOOK 

FOR 

High School and Boarding School 
Girl Reserves^ 



The Woman’s Press 

National Board of Young Womens Christian Associations 
600 Lexington Avenue, New York City 







Published June, 1922 


Copyright, 1922, by 

The National Board of the Young Womens Christian 
Associations of the United States of America 



JUL 27 1922 

©CUOTTBSe 


Printed in U. S. A. by Lefax, Phila. 

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CONTENTS 


FOREWORD 

SECTION I. What It Means to Be a High School 
or Boarding School Girl Reserve 

SECTION II. What It Means to Have a Girl Reserve 
Club 

SECTION III. Club Ceremonials 

SECTION IV. Songs and Hymns 

SECTION V. Insignia and Uniform 

SECTION VI. Everyday Interests for the Individual 
Girl Reserve 

SECTION VII. Suggestions for Resource Material 


FOREWORD 


This Handbook has been prepared for Girl Re¬ 
serves in high schools and boarding schools with the 
hope that in it they will find information and material 
which will suggest to them ways and means for making 
their club work better, and also for helping them as in¬ 
dividuals to increase their own powers of leadership. 
To belong to a national and international movement 
such as the Girl Reserve Movement of the Young 
Women’s Christian Association, puts upon every in¬ 
dividual girl a responsibility for striving to do her best 
as a club member, and as a girl Christian to “face life 
squarely’’ and “to find and give the best’’ wherever she 
goes. 

The material in’these Handbook pages has been 
taken in part from The Girl Reserve Movement—A 
Manual for Advisers. The rearrangement of it here, 
and the inclusion of new material have been done with 
the hope that high school and boarding school Girl 
Reserves as well as advisers may find a real use for the 
material in the pages of The Girl Reserve Movement — 
A Manual for Advisers* with this Handbook as a guide. 

Appreciation for their splendid work is again due 
to all those who contributed to the Manual for Advisers; 
in addition, many thanks are due Mrs. Lillian Short 
Morse, of Kansas City, Missouri, for permission to use 
her poem, “To the High School Girl Reserve,’’ and the 
Recognition Service and Senior Farewell, both of which 
were written for the girls’ high school clubs of Kansas 
City by Mrs. Morse. 

GERTRUDE GOGIN, Executive Secretary, 

Girl Reserve Department National Board 
of the Young Womens Christian As¬ 
sociations. 


*In the following pages, the title “Manual for Advisers” 
will be used to designate the 1921 edition of The Girl Reserve 
Movement—A Manual Jor Advisers. 


June 1922. 


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TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL RESERVE 

Who in her hands bears the gifts of Youth, of Love, 
of Service, the Girl Reserve Department, National 
Board of the Young Womens Christian Associations, 
loyally dedicates this Handbook. 

She walks, and, lol a trail of light appears. 
Shedding its radiance down the path of years; 
These gifts she offers from her treasure-trove. 

The gifts of youth, of service and of love. 

Youth, joyous youth. 

That helps to brighten skies. 

As tenderly she wipes 

The tears from children’s eyes. 

Love, glorious love. 

That somehow lessens pain 
And makes the weary smile, 

The burdened laugh again. 

Service, glad service. 

In true humility giv’n. 

Touching the “here and now” 

With the pure joy of Heav’n, 

Her gifts she bears on down the path of years. 

She walks, and lo! a trail of light appears. 

— Lillian Short Morse. 


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THE GIRL RESERVE 
She walks, and lol a trail of light appears 


SLOGAN 

To face life squarely 
PURPOSE 

To find and give the best 

CODE 

As a Girl Reserve I will be- 

Gracious in manner 
Impartial in judgment 
Ready for service 
Loyal to friends 

Reaching toward the best 
Earnest in purpose 
Seeing the beautiful 
Eager for knowledge 
Reverent to God 
Victorious over self 
Ever dependable 
Sincere at all times. 


PURPOSE OP.CLUB 

(The purpose of her own club should be written here by the 
owner of this book). 



CLUB BENEDICTION 

May the Lord bless us in our work and in our play, 
and grant us the peace and joy that come through ser¬ 
vice for others and friendship with Jesus Christ. 

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Section I 


WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL OR 
BOARDING SCHOOL GIRL RESERVE 

To face squarely the daily tests which come at 
home, in school, at work, at play; to be a friend to all 
and strive to show Christ’s love in every little deed; 
to give the best of self in service to God and in fellow¬ 
ship with girls everywhere, are golden threads woven 
through the fabric out of which a Girl Reserve fashions 
her thoughts and actions. 

The “Christ way” for everyday living means to a 
Girl Reserve simple graciousness; constant and con¬ 
sistent impartiality; readiness for service, however 
humble and insignificant; unwavering, unqualified 
loyalty to friends; an eager desire for knowledge of the 
beautiful and the worthwhile in life and in living; a 
sincerity and earnestness of purpose which leads ever 
upward and outward; a sense of responsibility which 
not only begins a task but also finishes it; a control of 
self which makes for a body and a mind clean and pure 
in all ways; and a reverence for God which shows itself 
in work and in worship that recognizes Christ as the 
Light and the Way. 

This and much more does the Girl Reserve code 
strive to symbolize to every Girl Reserve. 

It is from the visions of youth that come inspira¬ 
tions to make to-morrow better than to-day. Visions 
come from a believing in belief, from believing in love 
and loveliness, from a spirit which hates wrong and in¬ 
justice, which strives for a “best” that has God for its 
goal and Christ’s standards as its test for action—a 
spirit which sees, in the shadows of the great trees and 
in the gold of the sunset, a God not old but young, who 
calls youth to follow Him and find eternal life. This 
is the meaning to a Girl Reserve of the keynote of her 
code, “reverent to God”; it is the giving of self in love 
for God and love for man, love expressed in terms of 
human helpfulness. Towards this and from this all the 
rest of the code leads, helping every Girl Reserve to 
find for herself and others the “life abundant.” 


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Section II 


WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A GIRL RESERVE 

CLUB 

Purpose—It is to help girls find “the life abundant” 
within and without the school that high school and board¬ 
ing school Girl Reserve clubs are organized. Each club 
has to decide for itself the way to do this. For this reason 
every high school club needs a purpose, written by its 
own members, and stating clearly the reason for its 
being. Such a purpose should refiect, of course, the 
spirit of the Girl Reserve code, slogan and purpose, and 
the purpose of the Young Women’s Christian Associa¬ 
tion. Such a purpose should be a growing one. It 
should be reconsidered every fall when a club begins its 
year’s work. Such reconsideration might result in a 
complete rewording; on the other hand, the purpose 
might remain as before. If the latter is the case, the 
club should take care to state specifically the steps in 
its year’s program which will carry this purpose into 
effect. Every club should seek to promote a Christian 
fellowship throughout the school and in every day 
living, thus helping girls to put into practice the prin¬ 
ciples of Jesus Christ. Small cards on which are 
printed the club purpose prove of value in keeping 
members mindful of what they have agreed upon as 
their purpose. Such cards, whether made by hand or 
printed, should be made of heavy cardboard, so that 
they may be used as mirror cards, book marks, or for 
memory books. Every club purpose should be tested 
by such questions as these: 

A. Is the purpose of your club as now written in 

your constitution in line with the purpose 
of the National Young Women’s Christian 
Association of which you are a part?— 

“To associate young women in personal 
loyalty to Jesus Christ as Savior and 
Lord; to promote growth in Chris¬ 
tian character and service through 
physical, social, mental and spiritual 
training, and to become a social force 
for the extension of the Kingdom of 
God.” 

B. Is your purpose in line with the purpose, 

slogan and code of the Girl Reserve Move¬ 
ment? 

C. As expressed, is your purpose a fiexible and 

growing one? 

D. Is it “A minimum of expression that allows 

for maximum interpretation?” 

E. To what extent have you measured up to the 

“maximum” this last year? 


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F. Is your purpose dynamic, that is, does it “stir 

to action?” 

G. Does your purpose make possible the develop¬ 

ment of Christian leadership? 

H. Do you not think there is value in a careful 

study of the purpose, looking to restatement 
and changes comparable to the growth of 
club members? 

Every member should know and be able to repeat 
from memory her club purpose as well as the Girl Re¬ 
serve slogan, purpose, code, and the purpose of the 
National Young Women’s Christian Association. It 
is desirable that any or all of these be used from time 
to time, if not regularly, in the opening of the club and 
committee meetings. The Circle of Light service in¬ 
cludes these as may also the installation service. 

Membership—Membership in the club is open to any 
girl in the high school who wishes to support the pur¬ 
pose for which Girl Reserve clubs exist. A club may 
vary in size from a small number of girls in a small 
high school to several hundred in a large school. 

Name—It is suggested that high school clubs use the 
name “High School Girl Reserve Club of the Young 
Women’s Christian Association” and that boarding 
schools use the name “Student Girl Reserve Club of the 
Young Women’s Christian Association.” High schools, 
however, may also use the name “Student” if they so 
desire. Certain names are not advisable for Girl Re¬ 
serve clubs: for instance, Greek letter names or names 
belonging to a national boys’ organization such as Hi-Y. 
These cause confusion and leave the girls’ clubs no real 
identity. 

Constitution—Every high school or boarding school 
Girl Reserve club should have a constitution written 
by a committee of girls appointed for this purpose. 
High school constitutions for clubs in communities 
where there is a city, town or county Young Women’s 
Christian Association should be based upon the consti¬ 
tution for high school clubs found in the Manual for 
Advisers (page 95.) A high school club in a community 
in which there is no Young Women’s Christian Associa¬ 
tion, and a boarding school club may obtain a sample 
constitution from the Girl Reserve Department, 600 
Lexington Avenue, New York City. A copy of each 
constitution should be sent to the Girl Reserve Depart¬ 
ment for file and record and one copy should be kept 
on record by the secretary. 

Dues—Club dues should be determined by the club 
after consultation with the city, town or county Young 
Women’s Christian Association of which the club 
may be a part, or, if in a community in which there 
is no such Young Women’s Christian Association, the 
dues should be determined in consultation with the 


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club advisers. Every Girl Reserve club, as a part of 
the Young Women’s Christian Association movement, 
has a responsibility for that movement as a whole and 
will want to include, through a percentage of its dues 
or through an amount provided for in the budget, some 
contribution to the Young Women’s Christian Associa¬ 
tion. 

The Relation of the Girl Reserve club to the Young 

Women’s Christian Association and to the World’s 

Student Christian Federation. 

The Girl Reserve Movement is the way in which 
the Young Women’s Christian Association says to girls 
from twelve to eighteen, whether in grade school, in 
business or industry, in high school, or boarding school, 
“The Young Women’s Christian Association belongs 
to you.’’ Only by having a distinct movement for girls 
can a group of girls elect their own officers and choose 
for themselves the way in which they want to carry out 
the purpose of the great national association of which 
the Girl Reserve Movement is a part. The Girl Re¬ 
serve Movement is the Young Women's Christian Asso¬ 
ciation for girls. 

The local Young Women’s Christian Associations 
in city, town, and country communities, including the 
Girl Reserve clubs and the student Associations in 
colleges and universities, together make up the National 
Young Women’s Christian Association, with head¬ 
quarters at 600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 
This National Young Women’s Christian Association, 
in turn, is part of a great world movement of women 
and girls, the World’s Young Women’s Christian Asso¬ 
ciation, with headquarters in London. Thus the Girl 
Reserve Movement is a unit in a Christian fellowship 
which stretches around the world. 

Because they are women, student Girl Reserves are 
part of the largest organization for women in the world, 
this World’s Young Women’s Christian Association. 
Because they are students, they may become a link in 
another great world-wide fellowship, a fellowship of 
Christian students, both men and women, known as the 
World’s Student Christian Federation. The student 
Young Women’s Christian Association, the student 
Young Men’s Christian Association, and the Student 
Volunteer Movement of America belong to this World’s 
Student Christian Federation, which has headquarters 
in Geneva, Switzerland, London, and Now York City. 

Each club of school girls which is truly expressing 
in some way the purpose of the National Young Wom¬ 
en’s Christian Association and is meeting certain 
standards which are found elsewhere in this book, is 
listed with the Girl Reserve Department at national 
headquarters, as a registered Girl Reserve club. 

High school Girl Reserve clubs and Girl Reserve 
clubs in boarding schools, in addition to being regis¬ 
tered Girl Reserve clubs, may qualify for membership 

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in the World’s Student Christian Federation by meeting 
certain definite standards. These standards will be 
such that those clubs which measure up to them will 
be doing, in a real sense, student work of a type which 
parallels in depth of purpose and reach of interest the 
work of the Young Women’s Christian Associations in 
colleges. 

These standards are, at the date of the publication 
of this Handbook, still in the process of formulating, but 
will be ready by the fall of 1922. A copy of the stand¬ 
ards will be available for each Girl Reserve club in 
September, 1922, and extra copies may be secured after 
that date by writing to the Girl Reserve Department, 
600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 

THE ORGANIZATION OF A GIRL RESERVE 

CLUB IN HIGH SCHOOL OR BOARDING 
SCHOOL 

Officers (elected by the membership of the club): 

President; 

Vice-President (serves as chairman of membership 
committee); 

Secretary; 

Treasurer. 

OUTLINE OF CABINET AND COMMITTEE 
WORK 

The oflScers are elected by the members of the club 
to serve one year, the elections taking place in the 
spring. The duties of these officers should be the 
regular duties of such officers and will include the fol¬ 
lowing : 

President —presides at all meetings of the club and 
of the cabinet; is in general touch with all other officers 
and committee chairmen; is responsible for the general 
spirit and work of the club. 

Vice-President —presides at all club and cabinet 
meetings In the absence of the president; is chairman 
of the membership committee. 

Secretary —is responsible for keeping the records 
of the club and for carrying all general correspondence. 

Treasurer —is responsible for making the budget 
with the help of the cabinet, collecting the dues, keep¬ 
ing the books and devising plans for making money for 
the club. 

Membership Committee —(who we are)—is re¬ 
sponsible for recruiting new members and having them 
know the purpose and meaning of the club. 

Program Committee —(what we do)—plans the 
club meetings. 

Social Committee —(our good times)—has charge 
of the get-together times of the club and makes these 
good times the kind that make for good club spirit. 

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Service Committee—(how we put into practice our 
ideas)—plans for the club ways of sharing the life of 
those who need us in our own town, our country and the 
world. 

Adviser—The responsibility of the advisers shall 
be to help the club to find the right place in school life 
and to plan with the girls the whole program of the club. 

Other committees may be added if the club thinks 
necessary, but it is well to remember that a committee 
must always have a reason for being. Too many com¬ 
mittees hinder rather than help. 

The chairmen of the committees should be ap¬ 
pointed by the president of the club in consultation with 
the other officers and the club adviser. The members 
of the committees should be appointed in the same way. 
Three or more girls form a good working committee. 
Every chairman should remember that as large a 
number of girls as possible should be used to carry out 
this work. In some instances it may seem wise to 
have committees serve for half the school year, the four 
chairmen being continued in oflQce, and the rest of the 
committee rotating. 

Elections 

Each club should face squarely the question of 
making the club one in which the whole membership 
thinks and works and not the cabinet alone. Girls as 
well as leaders have expressed a longing to see organiza¬ 
tions among high school and boarding school girls more 
truly democratic and election time is a good time to 
begin. 

The why and wherefore of democracy as practiced 
in this matter should be thoroughly discussed and 
clearly outlined so that even the newest girl can under¬ 
stand and act. Then the help of every member is 
further needed lest even the most ambitious “demo¬ 
cratic beginnings become autocratic endings.” 

The cabinet should study the club constitution and 
present it to the club as a whole for decision as to 
method of procedure, time, etc. 

1. Election day should be a real “meeting day” 

with full attendance, good program, and 
enthusiasm. 

2. If possible have two nominees (at least) for 

each oflSce. 

3. If a nominating committee is used, care should 

be taken that it be a representative one, 
democratically selected, and that it does 
its work in a democratic way. 

4. Nominees should be posted at least two 

weeks before election. 

5. Discuss with the whole membership, either 

at the meeting where elections take place 
or at some previous meeting, the qualifi¬ 
cations of various oflQcers, etc. 

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6. If the “secret ballot” method is used and all 
the nominations are made from the floor, 
members making the nominations may be 
encouraged, with proflt to themselves, to 
make nomination speeches—in the light 
of the previous discussion. 

SUGGESTIONS TO CABINET MEMBERS FOR 
DEVELOPING THE GIRL RESERVE 
PROGRAM 

The work of the president 

First of all, the president should really care about 
the Girl Reserve club; care enough so that she will save 
time to study and work to make the club carry out its 
purpose in the school and keep it up to a standard 
worthy of the Young Women’s Christian Association. 
To care about the club enough to choose the responsi¬ 
bility of being president instead of accepting another 
school oflSce, or to care enough to let something else go, 
the purpose of the club must have been for her the way 
into the “best.” Unless she has a real sense of friend¬ 
ship with Jesus Christ and cares about the things He 
cares about, she will And it hard to set a high standard 
for her club. 

The president shall make it her aim to keep her 
cabinet working together without dissatisfaction or 
friction. She will do this not by striving to make the 
girls like her and by securing their loyalty to her, but 
by being enthusiastic herself; such loyalty will be con¬ 
tagious. 

The president shall not do the work of any com¬ 
mittee chairman but she shall know about the work of 
every committee and be able to help with it, if needed. 
This will take study of material about each kind of 
work in the Girl Reserve Movement. 

The president shall help the other cabinet members 
train themselves for their work. 

The president shall preside at all meetings of the 
club. 

The work of the secretary 

The secretary will want to keep such records of the 
club life that her books, together with the treasurer’s 
book, will give accurate information whenever the new 
cabinet wants to And out “how they did it last year.” 

She shall keep the minutes of all cabinet meetings 
and records of all regular meetings of the club. 

She shall keep a copy of the constitution, and each 
spring, when the club rewrites the purpose, shall send 
a copy of that new purpose to the Girl Reserve Depart¬ 
ment, 600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 

She shall keep the monthly reports of committee 
chairmen. 

For this purpose a loose leaf note book should be used. 
The secretary wiU hand to each chairman, at the time of the 
month when the cabinet decides that reports shall be due, a 


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leaf from the note book. On the following day she collects 
them. Each report should consist of a statement of the work 
done in the month just past and a hint of what is planned for 
the month following. 

The secretary shall carry all the correspondence 
with outside clubs and organizations. 

The secretary shall send out notices of all meetings. 

Minutes 

Minutes mean the record or report of the work of each 
meeting kept by the secretary of the club. Every motion 
should be recorded, whether lost or carried. Details of re¬ 
ports are not necessary. Resolutions, if adopted, should be 
copied in full. 

A vote by ballot should be recorded, showing the number 
of votes on each side. The minutes must not criticise, either 
favorably or unfavorably. Minutes may be amended. 

Minutes should be written on the right-hand page of the 
book only, leaving the left for corrections or amendments. 
Paragraph frequently. Leave a two-inch margin. 

The form for reporting minutes shall be something 
like the following: 

Example of minutes— 

The T and E club met Thursday, September 20, 
1915, in the club rooms, with the president in the 
chair. There were fifteen members present. The min¬ 
utes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

The first business of the meeting was the report of the 
social service committee. This report, read by the 
chairman. Miss Adams, gave a short account of the 
club’s service work among the children of the Neigh¬ 
borhood House. Fourteen dolls had been dressed by 
the club girls and ten girls had helped to entertain 
the children on a picnic. The report was accepted. 

The next business of the meeting was the considera¬ 
tion of ways to raise money for the delegates to a 
summer conference, for plans have to be made early 
in the faU of the year. It was moved and seconded 
that the sale of chocolate bars should be continued, 
since it was successful in securing funds for the con¬ 
ference this year. After a good deal of discussion, 
in which many other ways of raising money were men¬ 
tioned, this motion was carried, and another was made 
to appoint a committee to investigate the offer made 
by a well-known magazine of a plan to earn money 
by taking subscriptions. 

There was no other business to come before the club, 
and the meeting adjourned on motion. 

Respectfully submitted, 

(signed) secretary. 

In some clubs the secretary has kept a scrap book 
of all club events, with club programs, membership 
cards, scraps of decorations, original club songs, club 
purpose, etc., to pass on to next year’s cabinet. 

The work of the treasurer 

It shall be the work of the treasurer to make a 
budget with the help of the cabinet. A budget is an 
estimated statement of the probable income and ex¬ 
penditures for the year. It bears the same relation to 
the money a club raises and spends that a pattern does 
to a dress. It may have to be trimmed and changed, 
but it provides a plan by which to work. 

Each cabinet member should figure out how much 
money her committee will need to spend during the 
year by using the following suggestions as a guide. 

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Estimated expenditures for committee work 

I. Membership work 

Cards.(figure amount for each item) 

Stationery- 

Postage 

Material for recognition services 
Poster material 

II. Service Work 
Local (school) 

Community 

World 

III. Social Work 

Parties 

Hikes 

IV. Miscellaneous 

Record books (secretary- and treasurer). 

V. Other expenditures 

The club dues should cover all the expenditures of 
the club except that of conferences, for which money- 
should be raised by some group effort, and the amounts 
given to service (both local and world fellowship), for 
which money may be raised by individual giving or by 
group effort. 

The budget, when completed, with the committee 
expenditures stated in condensed form, would look like 
this, each club substituting its own estimated income 
and expenditures. 

Budget 

flncome Expenditure 

1. Dues.$25.00 1. Club Upkeep.$25.00 

Membership work 
Social 

Program work 
Miscellaneous 
Amount to the National 
Y. W. C. A. 

2. Special Money Making 2. Conferences. 75.00 

Plans Midwinter confer- 

Sales. 30.00 eiices 

Plays, etc. 45.00 Spring conferences 

Summer conferences 

3. Outside Gifts—(ser- 

3. Individual Giving—^for ser- vice committee). 100.00 

vice Local service 

“A quarter a week” Relief funds 

plan. 40.00 (such as Student 

Tag days, etc. ... 60.00 Friendship Fund) 

World fellowship 

Total.200.00 Total. 200.00 

The treasurer shall collect the club dues. It is 
well to have a stated ‘‘pay-up day.” Have the com¬ 
mittee see all girls and pin small blue cardboard triangles 
on the girls as they pay their dues. 

Every treasurer shall deposit all money received 
in a bank, if possible, and pay all bills by checks. No 
matter how small an amount of money a club may have, 
it should be handled in a business-like way and the 
treasurer’s book should show a record of when money 


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was received, when and for what it was paid out. All 
bills should be O.K.’d by the cabinet, and a financial 
report made at each cabinet meeting. This keeps the 
cabinet informed of the state of the treasury. 

It is a good plan to use a small note-book for records 
of sales, socials, etc. which include many small items. 
Such items should be transferred to the treasurer’s 
book at least once a month and more frequently if 
necessary. Names of club members, date, and amount 
of dues paid may also be entered in such a small note¬ 
book and transferred weekly to the treasurer’s book as 
totals. 

If money is paid out for which no bill is presented, 
the treasurer should make an informal voucher, i. e., 
write on a card or slip of paper something like the 
following—“Bought at Ten-cent Store, decorations for 
social—$1.00 September 25, 1923.’’ 

When the bill is paid, this voucher should be so 
marked and filed with the cancelled checks received 
from the bank monthly and with the stubs of the club 
check book. 

If it is impossible to deposit the club money in a 
bank in certain communities, some arrangement may 
be possible with the business secretary of the Young 
Women’s Christian Association (where there is a town, 
or city or county Y. W. C. A.) or with the secretary of 
the girls’ work department in such an Association. 
A club in a boarding school can sometimes deposit 
money with the school bookkeeper if it cannot be de¬ 
posited in a bank. 

Girl Reserve clubs which are a part of a city, town, 
or county Young Women’s Christian Association will 
want to include in their budgets a subscription to the 
budget of the Association of which they are a part and 
in this way subscribe to the National Young Women’s 
Christian Association, since a proportion of the local 
budget goes to help support the national Association. 

Girl Reserve clubs in communities where there is 
no organized Young Women’s Christian Association 
will want to help support the national Association. The 
usual way to do this is to send from 25% to 50% of 
the membership dues to the Girl Reserve Department, 
600 Lexington Avenue, New York City, stating the 
purpose for which it is intended. All checks should 
be made out to M. H. Broadwell, treasurer. Money 
for world fellowship should be sent in the same way to 
the same address, with a statement that it is for world 
fellowship. 

Also, in ordering books or Girl Reserve supplies 
from The Womans Press, 600 Lexington Avenue, New 
York City, make checks payable to M. H. Broadwell, 
treasurer. 


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The work of the membership committee 

The membership chairman is also vice-president of the 
club. 

A membership committee should be responsible for; 

1. Promoting a spirit of friendliness among the 

girls in school, i. e. assisting freshmen to 
register, or helping girls who enter from other 
communities to become acquainted with the 
school and other girls. 

2. Inviting and encouraging new girls to join the 

club. Since it is desired that all new mem¬ 
bers of the club join because they believe in 
and wish to support the purpose, it is the 
responsibility of the entire membership to 
interpret that purpose by general club dis¬ 
cussions as well as by personal conversations. 
When a girl signifies her intention of joining the 
club, she should fill out a membership card which will 
be filed for permanent reference. Such a card as the 
following has been used in some high school clubs. 

Club Name 

Name.Age_Telephone No. 

Parent’s Name.Address. 

School.Year of graduation. 

To what high school organizations do you belong?.... 


What oflSce do you hold?. 

Are you planning to go to college?.... Where?. 

If not, what do you plan to do?. 

Are you a member of a church?.... What denomina¬ 
tion?., . 

If not, what church do you attend?. 

Do you attend Sunday school regularly?. 

Is your Sunday school class organized?. 

Do you hold oflQce? Do you belong to a young peo¬ 
ples’ society?. 

Date. 

A boarding school Girl Keserve club should adapt 
this suggested card to meet its needs. 

3. Keeping in touch with members and encourag¬ 
ing church and Sunday school attendance. 

For instance— 

If girls are absent from club meetings, 
let them know that they are missed. If a 
girl has dropped out of school, write her a 
note from the club and help her to come 
back, if that is possible. Many girls give 
up the struggle to remain in school because 
they think no one cares about their progress. 

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Girls who have graduated will be interested 
in news of the club and will be glad to send 
you news. See that a list of the girls going 
to college and a statement concerning the 
college each expects to attend is sent to the 
Girl Reserve Department and the names 
will be sent the Y. W. C. A. secretary who 
visits that college or university. 

Would such a card as this help to in¬ 
terest the churches in the girls who do not 
attend regularly? 

Girl Reserves 

Young Women’s Christian Association 

.has become a Girl Reserve at the.... 

.Young Women’s Christian Association. 

She does not attend regularly any church or Sunday 

school. Her denominational preference is. 

As we are anxious to have all Girl Reserves aflQliated 
with the Chimch, we hope you may be able to interest 
her in your work. 

Her address is.Telephone No. 

Signed:. 

4. Providing publicity in connection with the 

school, the local Association, and other clubs 
in the community or in various parts of the 
country. 

Use posters, newspaper articles, black¬ 
board announcements, etc., to present as 
attractively as possible the work which the 
club is doing. Posters may be used to pre¬ 
sent new ideas to the whole school as well 
as to the club. See the Manual for Advisers 
pages 197-203. 

Ask the Girl Reserve Department for 
the names of club presidents‘to whom you 
may write, and share regularly with the 
club any information so gained. 

5. Being responsible for seeing that all girls either 

serve on committee or help in some activity 
or program. 

6. Conducting the Recognition Service which 

marks formal membership in the club. 

Be particular that the details of this 
service are so cared for that the whole cre¬ 
ates an atmosphere of beauty and dignity. 
The service is in this Handbook. 

It is a good plan to have simple, inex¬ 
pensive but attractive cards, on which is 
printed the club purpose, to give to members 
either at this service or at some previous 
time. 

The work of the social committee 

1. The social committee shall be responsible for 
the good times of the club, which should 
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include indoor and outdoor activities. (See 
Manual for Advisers, pages 361-373). 

It is a good thing to have some special 
plans for every club meeting even though 
it is a meeting mainly for service or discus¬ 
sion. “Eats” are not necessary for a good 
time if something really entertaining has 
been planned. The social events of the 
year serve to accustom us to various social 
forms such as teas, banquets, receptions, 
as well as to give us a good time. 

2. It shall interpret to the club and to all the 

school, principles of courtesy and friendli¬ 
ness and help to set standards for all kinds 
of recreation. (See Manual for Advisers, 
pages 783-785-786.) 

Certain girls should act as hostesses at 
each club meeting. A sub-committee of the 
social committee may be known as the 
committee on standards. Such a sub-com¬ 
mittee would censor plans for any social 
event of the club given either for social pur¬ 
poses or for the purpose of raising money. 
Censorship of this kind should be construc¬ 
tive rather than critical. Its purpose would 
be to have all social affairs democratic rather 
than give a few girls opportunity to stand 
out; to make sure the girls are not overtaxed 
financially, or left out because they cannot 
afford it; to see that all stunts are free from 
crudity and coarseness, and to try to make 
each social affair an expression of friendliness 
of spirit and beauty of imagination. 

This sub-committee would also devise 
ways of helping girls to find the easy, cour¬ 
teous and gracious ways of doing things, so 
that they may be at home in the correct 
forms of social usage. 

Suggestions: Dramatizations of intro¬ 
ductions, travel, etiquette, etc. (See Manual 
for Advisers, pages 745-747.) 

3. Membership on a social committee should 

serve as a training for recreation leaders. 

The work of the service committee 

The service committee ought to be called the com¬ 
mittee on “the joy of sharing.” It is through this com¬ 
mittee that the Girl Reserves share their ideals with the 
community and extend their fellowship around the 
world. A club without service work would be like a 
body without hands and feet. 

In planning the service work of the program, the 
committee shall cooperate closely with the social and 
membership committees. Care should be exercised to 
have as many club members as possible take some share 

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in all committee work. This may be done in several 
ways: 

1. By having sub-committees of the service com¬ 

mittee. 

2. By changing the personnel of these sub-com¬ 

mittees at the close of the first semester. 
(It is taken for granted that the chairmen 
are retained.) 

3. By providing some service work which will 

appeal to the club as a club, and some 
which will appeal to certain members as 
individuals, to be done in addition to that 
which is done by the club as a group. (See 
service suggestions in section IV, chapter 
2 on “Content and Method,” pages 169-187, 
Manual for Advisers.) 

Suggested types of service work are: 

1. In school 

(1) . Supervision of the library. 

(2) . Kaising money for books, periodicals, 

etc. 

(3) . Supplying fiowers for the auditorium 

on special occasions. 

(4) . Maintaining a rest room. 

(5) . Sending notes and fiowers to girls who 

have long illnesses. 

2. In the community 

(1) . Beautifying bill board sites. 

(2) . Putting on a “program” at a children’s 

or old peoples’ home. 

(3) . Singing carols on Christmas Eve. 

(4) . Providing fiowers for Mothers’ Day. 

(5) . Helping to manage a playground in 

summer. 

To avoid duplicating the work of some one else, 
the Charity Organization Society or some other social 
agency should be consulted before community service 
is undertaken. 

3. World service or world fellowship 

(1) . Helping in the support of a secretary 

for work with school girls in other 
lands. 

(2) . Preparing scrap books illustrative of 

Girl Reserve work to be sent to girls’ 
clubs in other countries. 

(3) . Preparing a box containing all material 

necessary for giving a party— i. e., 
decorations, chocolate, favors—to be 
sent to clubs in other lands. 

All Girl Reserves are especially interested in get¬ 
ting better acquainted with Indian girls. Boxes at 
Christmas time and letters and gifts during the year to 
the girls who live on the Indian reservations and in the 


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Indian schools are splendid ways to come to know these 
girls better. Word is sent every year to Girl Reserves 
about this form of fellowship, so every service commit¬ 
tee should take it into consideration as it plans the 
year’s work. 

There is Girl Reserve work or some kind of work 
for school girls in the following countries: (If a club 
wants to correspond with girls in any of these countries, 
send letters or scrap books, or just kodak pictures to 
the Girl Reserve Department, 600 Lexington Avenue, 
New York City, stating to which country the letter or 
articles are to go and the international Girl Reserve 
post office at headquarters will see that the letter is 
sent on its way and given the proper address.) 


Called 


Roumania 

Esthonia 

Portugal 

Japan 

China 

India 

Honolulu 

Canal Zone 

South America 


Girl Reserves 
Girl Reserves 
Girl Reserves 
Girl Reserves 
Pioneers 
Girl Guides 
Girl Reserves 
Girl Reserves 
Jovens do Triangulo 
Azul A. C. F. 


See “Content and Method,” typical of a high 
school program, page 169, and chapter 16, page 600, 
section V on “Service Activities,” in Manual for Ad¬ 
visers. 


The work of the program committee 


It is the responsibility of the program committee 
to plan the work of the club for several months ahead 
in a way which they think will best carry out the club 
purpose, and then consult the cabinet for approval of 
the plan. Each chairman, with her committee, is then 
responsible for carrying out her part of the plan, the 
program committee not being responsible for the execu¬ 
tion of the plans which logically call for the work of 
other committees. 

In addition to making general plans for the club, 
the program committee shall be directly responsible for 
those meetings which are not part of the work of a 
social, membership, or service committee. 

High school clubs usually find it best to have two 
meetings each month, and to have fairly long meetings 
which combine the work of the program committee and 
another committee. For instance, a meeting in which 
the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association 
in Europe is presented might have combined with it 
the actual preparation of a box to send to the girls of 
Czecho-Slovakia (see service section). The program 
committee would be responsible for the first part of the 
meeting and the service committee for the second. 

Another meeting might be a discussion on a girl’s 
standard of courtesy, and be followed by a stunt, 
“When I go Travelling,” (found in the Manual for 
Advisers). The program committee and the social 


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committee would co-operate on this meeting, the pro¬ 
gram committee being responsible for the discussion, 
the social for the “stunt.” 

Girl Reserves in boarding schools will often desire 
to have one meeting each week, but a shorter meeting. 
These clubs are advised to have two meetings each 
month which are distinctly inspirational in character, 
and two on the alternate weeks, which emphasize 
thrift, health, citizenship, social and character stand¬ 
ards; using discussions, debates, dramatics, etc., in 
carrying them out. (See Manual for Advisers, Sections 
V and VII.) 

The club may choose to emphasize world fellow¬ 
ship. The Manual for Advisers, pages 124-126, de¬ 
scribes a plan for a series of world fellowship meetings 
which may cover six weeks to three months. The 
entire club should work together on such a plan but 
each committee should be assigned responsibility for 
those phases of it most nearly related to its work. 

Each plan for club meetings should be tested by a 
club in the following ways: 

1. Does it provide for an inspirational opening 

which unifies the group in some way and 

prepares it for the major part of the meeting. 

2. Does the major part of the meeting do one or 

more of the following: 

(1) . Bring to the members new knowledge. 

(2) . Develop a skill which can be used 

another time. 

(3) . Lead to the foundation of definite habits 

of work or thinking. 

(4) . Develop Christian standards which will 

be expressed through action. 

3. Does the meeting end in some way that leaves 

a sense of fellowship with all members? 

(This may be done by singing a club song or hymn, 

by a club benediction, or by any means which a program 

committee thinks suitable to the nattu'e of the meeting.) 

The program committee will also have charge of 
the planning for study classes, such as Bible study, 
mission study, current events, nature study, story tell¬ 
ing, handicraft work and other social studies. These 
meetings should not take the place of the regular 
club meetings and in many instances it has seemed 
advisable not to have them before or after the regular 
meeting but on another day. The program committee 
should also plan for vesper services three or four times 
during the year, cooperating with the religious educa¬ 
tion department of the city, town or county Associa¬ 
tions where the club is a part of such an organized 
Association. 

The program committee should be careful to see 
that the “atmosphere” of the place in which the meet¬ 
ing is held is the right one. A few flowers, chairs 
placed in a circle instead of a straight row, provision of 

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suitable music, often determine the success or failure of 
a program. 

In planning a year’s program or a program for 
several months in advance, a program committee will 
find it helpful to take into consideration special seasons 
and events, such as: 

Conference reports 
Recognition service 
Thanksgiving 
World’s Week of 

Prayer in November 
Christmas 

Advisers 


Day of Prayer for Students, 
February 27. 

Installation of officers 
Easter 

Mothers’ Day 

Grace Dodge Day, May 21 

Senior Farewell 


Every high school or boarding school Girl Reserve 
club shall have either a teacher or a woman who lives 
in the community as an adviser for each committee. 
It is well to have at least one—if possible, two of these 
four advisers—a person who lives in the community. 
An adviser shall meet regularly with her committee 
group, thinking with them as to the best way to plan 
work. However, the committee chairman, not the adviser, 
is responsible for success or failure. At general meet¬ 
ings of the club, all four advisers should be present. 
The adviser of the program committee is responsible 
for helping the president plan cabinet meetings and is 
an ex-officio member of the cabinet. 

In a club which is in a community that has not a 
city, town or county Young Women’s Christian Asso¬ 
ciation, the advisers to the committees shall serve to¬ 
gether as an advisory committee to the club. 

The work of the cabinet as a whole 

The four club officers, the committee chairmen, 
one committee adviser (usually program), with the 
girls’ work secretary if the club is part of a city, town 
or county Young Women’s Christian Association, form 
the executive group for the club, and are known as the 
cabinet. 

To this group shall be brought by all committee 
chairmen the plans for the coming month or months. 
These plans shall be discussed by all members of the 
cabinet or council in the light of the entire work of the 
club. 

Final decisions in all important matters rest with 
the club as a whole, therefore recommendations coming 
from the committees (small working groups of the 
membership) or from the membership at large, after 
careful consideration by the cabinet, shall be presented 
to the club for vote at a regular business meeting. 
Certain minor questions may be referred by the club to 
the cabinet for decision. Thus a cabinet rightly be¬ 
comes the place in which all work of the club is 
“cleared,” preventing the overlapping of committee 
work and making possible a well balanced program. 

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Besides being the place in which work is cleared, a 
cabinet should be a group in which inspiration for real 
Christian fellowship is to be found. In the finest sense 
of the word, it is an intimate group, which feels its re¬ 
sponsibility to the entire club for intensive thinking 
along certain lines which the club has asked it to think. 

The Story of an Ideal Cabinet. 

(Written by a girl who was a member of the ideal cabinet) 

Cabinet girls are to stand together for a great purpose. 
To stand together, not each alone, is to make almost anything 
possible, and without it your club will be a failure. There was 
an ideal cabinet once, made up of the most different kinds of 
girls. They did not all act ahke, nor did each of them approve 
entirely of all the customs, habits and manners of every other 
member, but they did stand together for their purpose. Each 
girl in the group knew that she could count on every other 
cabinet girl for anything where the club was concerned. They 
were discouraged occasionally, but not nearly so often as they 
would have been without this “together” feeUng, and results 
did come. Because they were so interested, the little things 
were easy, like being on time to cabinet and committee meet¬ 
ings, and keeping reports up to date. 

And the time given to the inspirational part of the cabinet 
meetings—that gave them their balance and their energy to 
go on: it kept the pm-pose in their minds, and set a standard 
by which they could measure their results. It was the center 
of their cabinet hoiur. Is it yours? 

Cabinet standards and cabinet policy 

Very often cabinets draw up a policy which states 
what they want to mean to their school, their commun¬ 
ity and to their sisters all around the world, states it 
rather definitely but briefly in terms of the work they 
have planned for the year. Then they draw up stand¬ 
ards of personal living to which they wish to hold in 
order that they may carry out the purpose and policy 
of their club. 

Committee chairmen, together with their commit¬ 
tee members, may draw up a policy for the committee, 
stating what it hopes to accomplish during the year. 

Cabinet meetings 

Suggested order of cabinet meeting 

1. Devotional opening (cabinet members may 
take turns at conducting this service). A 
custom much in favor is for all cabinet girls 
to use the same book for daily reading, one 
such as The Girls’ Year Book, which may 
be ordered from The Womans Press, 600 
Lexington Avenue, New York City, price 
75c. * On cabinet meeting days the passage 
for the day may be read, followed by dis¬ 
cussion of the readings which have come 
between cabinet meetings.) 

Other suggestions for the opening are: 

(1) The story of the writing of some favorite hymn 
and the singing of this hymn. 

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(2) The telling of a lovely story, either from 

the Bible or from some other source. 

(3) The reading of one or more poems. 

(4) Careful reading of chosen scripture. 

(5) The use of a club prayer, which may be 

written by some member and adopted by 
the club as its prayer to be used whenever 
desired but not to take the place of prayers 
which might be offered voluntarily. 

2. Reading of minutes of last meeting. 

3. Old business: oral reports of committees 

(written reports once a month). 

4. New business: 

(1) The president or secretary presents letters 
and other material which have come 
from headquarters. 

(2) Presentation of plans for future work. 

5. Closing prayer. 

Further suggestions for cabinet meeting plans are 
to be found in the Manual for Advisers, page 189. 

Committee meetings 

Suggested order of committee meeting: 

1. Devotional opening—^led by members of the 

committee in turn. 

2. Report by committee members of work which 

they have done, if work had been assigned 
them. 

3. Report by chairman of the general plans of the 

club (bringing to the committee the things 
discussed in cabinet meetings for the month 
past, and plans for the future). 

4. Plans for future committee work: reading of 

new material which bears on this particular 
committee and discussion of whether or not 
it is suitable for use. 

Schedule of cabinet and committee meetings 

For Girl Reserve high school clubs in communities 
where there is an organized Young Women’s Christian 
Association with a girls’ work secretary, it is suggested 
that the cabinet meet once a month. High school 
clubs in communities where there is no city, town or 
county Association may want to have two cabinet 
meetings a month. For Girl Reserves in boarding 
schools it is suggested that cabinet meetings be held 
twice each month, at a stated hour. At least forty-five 
minutes should be allowed for cabinet meeting and, if 
possible, an hour. 

Committee meetings should be held once each 
month (plus called meetings when needed). The meet¬ 
ings of all committees might be held simultaneously, 
at the cabinet meeting hour, in one of the alternate 
weeks of each month. 


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The adviser of each committee is ex-ojfficio a mem¬ 
ber of her committee, and the adviser of the program 
committee is ex-officio a member of the cabinet. 

Setting-up conference 

It is well for the cabinet, committee members and 
advisers to meet for a “setting-up conference’’ the 
week end before school begins in the fall. A camp site 
is an excellent place for such a conference to be held 
because it affords opportunity for fellowship and is 
usually far enough from town to avoid interruption. 

The conference might open Friday evening with a 
good time “get together,’’ followed by an inspirational 
talk on “What it means to be a cabinet or committee 
member’’ given by one of the advisers. 

The Saturday sessions should be opened with 
devotions by the president, followed by a talk by the 
president, on “Our Outlook for One Year.” 

The committees may separate for discussion and 
set-up of plans for the year. (It is well for each chair¬ 
man to prepare previously—in consultation with her 
adviser—a questionnaire concerning her committee 
aims and plans). 

At the afternoon session, reports from each com¬ 
mittee are read and acted upon and meetings and plans 
blocked out for the year. 

A setting-up conference should accomplish three 
things; 

Establish a feeling of real friendliness among 
cabinet and committee members. 

Set a goal toward which the club should strive. 
Block out a plan for the year’s program. 

CLUB STANDARDS FOR EVERY CLUB TO 
REACH 

I. A purpose written by the girls of the club which 
includes the ideals and purposes of the Nat¬ 
ional Young Women’s Christian Association. 

II. A cabinet which shall include at least four 
officers—president, vice-president, secretary, 
and treasurer—and the chairmen of four 
standing committees—program, membership, 
social and service. 

III. Regular meetings of the cabinet and all the 

committees. 

IV. A constitution, to be drawn up by each individ¬ 

ual club to fit the local needs of that club. 

V. An annual report made to the city, town, or 
county Association of which the high school 
club is a part. In the case of high school or 
boarding school clubs where there is no city, 
town or county Young Women’s Christian 
Association, this report should be sent to the 
National Executive of Girl Reserve Work, 
600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 

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VI. Reports made regularly every month by com¬ 
mittee chairmen to the cabinet. 

VII. A program which shall be fourfold in its em¬ 
phasis (physical, mental, social, spiritual) and 
which shall be planned for at least one semes¬ 
ter in advance and, if possible, one whole 
school year in advance. 

IX. Representatives sent to summer and winter 
conferences. 

X. The use of an installation service for oflBcers and 
a recognition service for new members, based 
upon similar services which have been ap¬ 
proved by the Girl Reserve Department. 

XI. The use of the budget plan in caring for the 
club’s income and a presentation once a year 
of the way the budget for the National Young 
Women’s Christian Association is planned 
and carried out. 

XII. The observance of the world fellowship interests 
of the Young Women’s Christian Association 
sometime during the year, through club pro¬ 
grams. 

XIII. Every girl in the club given an opportunity to 

take some active part on either a program or 
a committee during the year. 

XIV. A membership open to any girl of the school who 

will accept and try to live up to the purpose 
of the club. 

XV. A share, either through membership or through 
some contribution, in the financial respon¬ 
sibilities of the local and National Young 
Women’s Christian Association of which the 
club is a part. 

A report stating how many of these standards a 
club has achieved should be sent to the Girl Reserve 
Department, 600 Lexington Avenue, New York City, 
in May of each year. 


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Section III 


CLUB CEREMONIALS 

Every club should hold a recognition service for 
its new members twice a year, in the fall and at the 
beginning of the second semester. The Senior Fare¬ 
well may be given at the last meeting of the school year. 

THE CIRCLE OP LIGHT 
A recognition service for high school Girl Reserves. 

President, standing, with chief adviser and girls’ 
work secretary at her left and right, respectively. 
Cabinet seated in semi-circle at either side. In large 
semi-circle, facing the president, are seated all the 
members of the club, at a convenient space away from 
the committee chairmen. A tall white candle in a 
glass candlestick stands on a pedestal at the side of the 
president. A sufficient number of medium-sized white 
candles in glass candle-sticks are placed on the floor in 
front of the members and oflQcers to form a circle of 
light. 

President (Keeper of the Light): Members of the 
Girl Reserve Circle of Light, you know well the com¬ 
mission to bear high your candles of light, that other 
pilgrims along the Highway may see and become 
Seekers of the Light. The Herald of the Light has 
heeded well the commission and now comes before you 
with her message. 

Membership Chairman (Herald of the Light, 
hearing the candle which was in front of her and standing 
before the president) : Most worthy Keeper of the Light, 
I heard your commission to go in search of lonely pil¬ 
grims and I gathered my fellow heralders for the task. 
When we lifted our eyes we saw afar off a group of way¬ 
farers just beginning the journ»5y on the Highway. 
They carried unlighted candles and held them low. 
We told them of our Circle of Light and gave each one 
a Blue Triangle as a base for her candle, knowing full 
well that one who places her candle upon the Blue 
Triangle may lift it high that all may see. I now 
present these wayfarers to you as Seekers of the Light. 

(Reads names of new members) 

President (to circle) : What will you do with these 
Seekers of the Light? 

One of the circle: Keeper of the Light, I move 
that we accept these pilgrims as members of the Circle 
of Light of our club. 

(A second by another member of the circle.) 

President (after putting the motion, which is carried, 
turning to membership chairman) : Bring forward the 

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Seekers of the Light that they may touch their candles 
to the flame of the Association Spirit. 

{Membership chairman brings in new members from 
outside, each carrying small white candles on blue triangles. 
They come from the back by twos, enter the circle and 
take their position in front, facing the president.) 

Processional: Hymn of the Lights. 

President: Pilgrims on the Highway, you have 
seen the beacon light and have brought your darkened 
candles to be lighted at its flame. The flame is the 
Young Women’s Christian Association Spirit. Its 
warmth means friendship; its brightness, honor; its 
steady glow, purpose; and its radiance, faith. Those 
who light their candles at its flame strive never to let 
the warmth of friendship become chilled, the brightness 
of honor dulled, the steady glow of purpose flicker, or 
the radiance of faith dim. Are you ready so to light 
your candles? If so, lift them high. 

{Assent from new members by lifting candles.) 

President: Herald of the Light, lead forward the 
pilgrims, that they may take of the flame and so become 
members of the Circle of Light.” {The herald leads 
them past the president, where the small candles are 
lighted and the pilgrims take their place in a circle, within 
the Circle of Light, while the old members sing ): 

Tune—“Keep the Home Fires Burning:” 

“With your candles burning 

May your hearts be yearning 

For the friendship, purpose, faith, and honor bright: 
Keep our circle growing 

And your candles glowing. 

Shedding radiance everywhere from your 
flames of light.” 

President {to new members)'. You are now within 
the Circle of Light, placed within that we may foster 
you and cherish you through this year until, as your 
candles grow through interest, you may take your place 
in the large outer circle and in turn welcome other 
wayfarers upon the Highway into the place which you 
now have in our Girl Reserve club. 

President {to all): Will all members of the Circle 
of Light repeat together the purpose of the high school 
club? 

Circle of Light {in unison): The purpose of the 
Girl Reserve club is {insert here the club purpose). 

As a Girl Reserve, I will strive to be: 
Gracious in manner 
Impartial in judgment 
Ready for service 
Loyal to friends 
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The Recognition Service and Senior Farewell were writ¬ 
ten for the girls’ high school clubs by Mrs. Lillian Short 
Morse. 

INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR CABINET 
MEMBERS 

The chairs are arranged in a circle, with table at 
one side: members of the new cabinet are seated on 
one side, and members of the old cabinet on the other. 
Place lighted candles on the table in the form of a tri¬ 
angle. Provide each cabinet member with a candle. 

I. Processional: “Hymn of the Lights.” 

During the first verse, the retiring president lights 
the candle of the vice-president, who in turn lights the 
candle of the secretary, and so on until all candies held 
by old cabinet members are burning. 

II. Scripture reading: Philippians 4: 4-8. 

III. Prayer of Thanksgiving (by a member of the 

retiring cabinet or council). 

IV. Installation (conducted by the secretary or com¬ 

mittee chairman or club adviser): 

Because there are thoughts in a girl’s mind 
deeper than laughter, because there are hidden 
yearnings in a girl’s heart, because there is a thirst 
in a girl’s soul to know God and his goodness, the 
high school (or boarding school) club of Girl Re¬ 
serves has been organized. With you, the new 
officers, rests the honor and the responsibility of 
leadership in “whatsoever things are true, what¬ 
soever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of 
good report,” Will you in your hearts pray with 
me the Psalmist’s prayer, “Let the words of my 
mouth and the meditations of my heart be accept¬ 
able in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my 
Redeemer.” 

As a representative of the Young Women’s 
Christian Association, it is with gladness in my 
heart that I turn over to you the responsibility of 
this club. There may be much of hardship, but 
there is much also of deep, pure joy. The lighted 
candles which we hold symbolize the radiance with 
which our lives must shine before other girls. We 
would remember that our lives will be radiant only 
in so far as they refiect the perfect light of the life 
of Jesus Christ. As we have lighted the candles 
of our lives at the altar of our faith in God, so we 
have passed the radiance on to each other in true 
friendship and love. As I give to you the symbols 
of your offices I will light your candles, believing 
that you in turn will shed the pure, white light 
into the hearts and lives of all whom you may 
meet. Keep the light burning and steady, know- 

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ing that if your human strength fails there re¬ 
mains ever the divine light of our Father. 

V. Speech of retiring president. 

{Each officer speaks in her turn, lights the 
candle of her successor and then exchanges seats with 
her.) 

VI. Retiring vice-president {giving list of membership 

to new vice-president) : To you as vice-president 
falls the privilege of working out the demo¬ 
cratic ideals of the Girl Reserves, for as chair¬ 
man of the membership committee you will 
foster the spirit of friendliness in the club, help 

to make.high school stand 

for democracy, and show by your example 
that “love never faileth.” It is my pleasure 
to give to you the list of our membership, 
trusting that under your leadership it may 
be extended and our purpose more fully 
realized. 

VII. Secretary {giving over secretary's book): To you, 

my successor, I give this book, the minutes 
and reports of our club. Keep them safely, 
that our records may always remain unbroken. 
The keeper of records has ever been held in 
high esteem. Be worthy of the trust that 
has been placed in you. 

VIII. Treasurer {giving over treasurer's book and 

money) : The keeper of the treasury cares for 
something more precious than gold—the faith 
of friends. To you, my successor, I entrust 
the funds of our club, with a statement of our 
finances and responsibilities. Guard them 
safely, that they may be spent in the service 
which we would render. Make the girls 

of.high school club 

realize the joy of cheerful giving, not only of 
money but of themselves. 

IX. Service chairman {giving the blue star, which is 
an emblem of service) : To you, as chairman of 
the service committee, giving you this em¬ 
blem of service, I would commend the words 
of Jesus Christ: “Let him that would be 
great among you be the servant of all.” By 
your infiuence may you teach other girls of 
our school the joy of service; may they be 
brought to realize as never before the blessed¬ 
ness of living for others. 

X. Social chairman {giving flowers): To you, as 
chairman of the social committee, I give the 
joy and the responsibility of providing for 
the girls of.wholesome, attract¬ 
ive good times. May you never let the. 

.high school Girl Reserve club lack an 

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The Recognition Service and Senior Farewell were writ¬ 
ten for the girls’ high school clubs by Mrs. Lillian Short 
Morse. 

INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR CABINET 
MEMBERS 

The chairs are arranged in a circle, with table at 
one side: members of the new cabinet are seated on 
one side, and members of the old cabinet on the other. 
Place lighted candles on the table in the form of a tri¬ 
angle. Provide each cabinet member with a candle. 

I. Processional: “Hymn of the Lights.” 

During the first verse, the retiring president lights 
the candle of the vice-president, who in turn lights the 
candle of the secretary, and so on until all candles held 
by old cabinet members are burning. 

II. Scripture reading: Philippians 4: 4-8. 

III. Prayer of Thanksgiving {hy a member of the 

retiring cabinet or council). 

IV. Installation {conducted by the secretary or com¬ 

mittee chairman or club adviser ): 

Because there are thoughts in a girl’s mind 
deeper than laughter, because there are hidden 
yearnings in a girl’s heart, because there is a thirst 
in a girl’s soul to know God and his goodness, the 
high school (or boarding school) club of Girl Re¬ 
serves has been organized. With you, the new 
oflQcers, rests the honor and the responsibility of 
leadership in “whatsoever things are true, what¬ 
soever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of 
good report.” Will you in your hearts pray with 
me the Psalmist’s prayer, “Let the words of my 
mouth and the meditations of my heart be accept¬ 
able in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my 
Redeemer.” 

As a representative of the Young Women’s 
Christian Association, it is with gladness in my 
heart that I turn over to you the responsibility of 
this club. There may be much of hardship, but 
there is much also of deep, pure joy. The lighted 
candles which we hold symbolize the radiance with 
which our lives must shine before other girls. We 
would remember that our lives will be radiant only 
in so far as they refiect the perfect light of the life 
of Jesus Christ. As we have lighted the candles 
of our lives at the altar of our faith in God, so we 
have passed the radiance on to each other in true 
friendship and love. As I give to you the symbols 
of your offices I will light your candles, believing 
that you in turn will shed the pure, white light 
into the hearts and lives of all whom you may 
meet. Keep the light burning and steady, know- 

30 


ing that if your human strength fails there re¬ 
mains ever the divine light of our Father. 

V. Speech of retiring president. 

{Each officer speaks in her turn, lights the 
candle of her successor and then exchanges seats with 
her.) 

VI. Retiring vice-president {giving list of membership 

to new vice-president) : To you as vice-president 
falls the privilege of working out the demo¬ 
cratic ideals of the Girl Reserves, for as chair¬ 
man of the membership committee you will 
foster the spirit of friendliness in the club, help 

to make.high school stand 

for democracy, and show by your example 
that “love never faileth.” It is my pleasure 
to give to you the list of our membership, 
trusting that under your leadership it may 
be extended and our purpose more fully 
realized. 

VII. Secretary {giving over secretary's book): To you, 

my successor, I give this book, the minutes 
and reports of our club. Keep them safely, 
that our records may always remain unbroken. 
The keeper of records has ever been held in 
high esteem. Be worthy of the trust that 
has been placed in you. 

VIII. Treasurer {giving over treasurer's book and 

money) : The keeper of the treasury cares for 
something more precious than gold—the faith 
of friends. To you, my successor, I entrust 
the funds of our club, with a statement of our 
finances and responsibilities. Guard them 
safely, that they may be spent in the service 
which we would render. Make the girls 

of.high school club 

realize the joy of cheerful giving, not only of 
money but of themselves. 

IX. Service chairman {giving the blue star, which is 
an emblem of service) : To you, as chairman of 
the service committee, giving you this em¬ 
blem of service, I would commend the words 
of Jesus Christ: “Let him that would be 
great among you be the servant of all.” By 
your infiuence may you teach other girls of 
our school the joy of service; may they be 
brought to realize as never before the blessed¬ 
ness of living for others. 

X. Social chairman {giving flowers): To you, as 
chairman of the social committee, I give the 
joy and the responsibility of providing for 
the girls of.wholesome, attract¬ 
ive good times. May you never let the. 

.high school Girl Reserve club lack an 

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outlet for a happy, enthusiastic spirit, and 
may the good times which you plan make all 

the girls of.better friends and 

truer comrades. 

XI. Program chairman {giving Bible or a loose leaf 
notebook full of ‘program suggestions collected 
by former committee members) : There is no 
more responsible place than yours. To stir 
the imagination, to stimulate the mind, to 
rouse the will, to stir the heart are no small 
tasks. These are yours in the planning of 
programs. Understanding that your experi¬ 
ence will measure the reality of your pro¬ 
grams, live truly that you may plan wisely. 
I am givirig you this book as a symbol of 
your oflace. 

XII. Speech of incoming president. 

XIII. Charge to new officers, closing with the purpose 

of club repeated by all. 

XIV. Prayer of Consecration, by the adviser or 

girls’ work secretary. 

Suggested Prayer of Consecration 
{In unison) 

Fit us for our work, lest we fail Thee. We lean on 
Thee, Thou great giver of life, and pray for physical vigor 
and quiet strength. We call to Thee, Thou fountain 
of light, to flood our minds with thy radiance and to 
make all things clear and simple. We submit our 
inmost desires to thy holy will, and beseech Thee to 
make thy law sweet to our willing hearts. 

Walter Rauschenbusch. 


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Section IV 


SONGS AND HYMNS 

The following songs and hymns are a few of the 
many known by Girl Reserves. A good high school 
club is a "singing club." 

Tune: "Micky.” 

Girl Reserves, Girl Reserves, 

With your banner of wondrous hue, 

With your working and no shirking, 

There’s a lot of happiness. 

Lots of loyalty, too. 

Good times in the summer and in the winter, 
too. 

Girl Reserves, loyal Girl Reserves, 

Can you blame anyone for wanting 
To meet with you? 

Tune: "Smiles" 

There are girls in California, 

There are girls in China, too. 

There are ^irls in far away Australia, 

Who are wearing this triangle blue. 

Girls of France, and even girls of India, 

O’er the whole wide world where e’er you stray. 
Girls are wearing this same blue triangle. 

Of the Y. W. C. A. 


Tune: "Around Her Neck She Wears a Yellow 
Ribbon." 

( Key of D) 

Upon her arm she wears a blue triangle. 

She wears it in winter and in the summer, so they 
say. 

And if you ask the reason why she does it. 

She’ll tell you she’s a member of the Girl Reserves 
Girl Reserves—Girl Reserves! 

So give her all the credit she deserves. 

For on her arm she wears a blue triangle. 

Because she is a member of the Girl Reserves. 

Tune: Vassar Marching Song (1915) 

Across the hills and plains from sea to sea, 

O Girl Reserves, to thee we bring the faith 
Of student club girls, strong and loyal; 

Eager in serving others day by day: 

Pledged to laugh and live and lift. 

And keep thy vision true 
Along life’s way. 


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And when the months have passed 
And we’re far away, 

O Girl Reserves, the thought of thee 
Will bring us near in spirit to each other; 
Challenging to further effort through each day, 
Spurring on to do and dare. 

And keep thy vision true 
Along life’s way. 


Tune'. “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ ’’ 

Roamin’ in the gloamin’, 

All going to the “Y,’’ 

Roamin’ in the gloamin’. 

Now do you ask me why? 

There’ll be joy and friends and fun. 
Every time that you may come. 

Won’t you come and join us at the “Y”? 


Tune: “Nut Brown Maiden” 

In true fellowship, our hearts we bring, our hands 
we bring. 

In true fellowship our hearts and hands we bring. 
We pledge our love, our loyalty, . 

Our strength, our joy, our ser\dce free. 

Girl Reserves, our hearts we bring, our hands we 
bring. 

Girl Reserves, our hearts and hands we bring. 


Tune: “Baby’s Boat’s the Silver Moon” 

Conference is the place to go 
To make the friendships rare. 

Jolly times and laughter chimes 
And girls from everywhere. 

Glad, oh, be glad! 

And sadly go away. 

Only don’t forget to come 
Back another day. 

See also Girl Reserve Song, page 545, Manual for 
Advisers. 


HYMN OF THE LIGHTS 

Father of lights, in whom there is no shadow. 
Giver of every good and perfect gift; 

With one accord we seek thy holy presence, 
Gladly our hearts to Thee in praise we lift. 
Glad for the cause that binds our lives together. 
Through Thee united, worshipping as one; 
Glad for the crowning gift that Thou hast given. 
Sending to lift the world thine only Son. 

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Light of the world, through whom we know the 
Father! 

Pour out upon us thine abiding love, 

That we may know its depth and height and 
splendor. 

That heav’n may come to earth from heav’n 
above. 

Thou art the Christ! To Thee we own allegiance 
I^Iay our devotion sweep from sea to sea. 

Even as we, the gift from Thee receiving. 

Joyfully minister that gift for Thee. 

O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES. 

O beautiful for spacious skies. 

For amber waves of grain, 

For purple mountain majesties 
Above the fruited plain. 

America! America! 

God shed his grace on thee 
And crown thy good with brotherhood 
From sea to shining sea. 

O beautiful for pilgrim feet 

Whose stern, impassioned stress 
A thoroughfare for freedom beat 
Across the wilderness. 

America! America! 

God mend thine every flaw. 

Confirm thy soul in self-control. 

Thy liberty in law. 

O beautiful for heroes proved 
In liberating strife. 

Who more than self their country loved. 

And mercy more than life 
America! America! 

May God thy gold refine. 

Till all success be nobleness, 

And every gain divine. 

O beautiful for patriot dream 
That sees beyond the years 
Thine alabaster cities gleam 
Undimmed by human tears, 

America! America! 

God shed his grace on thee 
And crown thy good with brotherhood 
From sea to shining sea. 

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LEAD ON O KING ETERNAL 


Lead on, O King Eternal, 

The day of march has come. 

Henceforth in fields of conquest 
Thy tents shall be our home; 

Through days of preparation 
Thy grace has made us strong, 

And now, O King Eternal, 

We lift our battle song. 

Lead on, O King Eternal, 

Till sin’s fierce war shall cease 
And holiness shall whisper 
The sweet amen of peace; 

For not with swords’ loud clashing 
Nor roll of stirring drums. 

But deeds of love and mercy 
Thy heavenly kingdom comes. 

Lead on, O King Eternal, 

We follow not with fears. 

For gladness breaks like morning 
Wher’er thy face appears; 

Thy cross is lifted o’er us. 

We journey in its light. 

The crown awaits the conquest; 

Lead on, O God of Might. 

LIGHT OF THE WORLD, WE HAIL THEE 

Light of the world, we hail thee. 

Flushing the eastern skies, 
t Ne’er shall darkness veil thee 
Again from human eyes; 

Too long, alas! withholden. 

Now spread from shore to shore, 

Thy light, so glad and golden. 

Shall set on earth no more. 

Light of the world, thy beauty 
Steals into every heart. 

And glorifies with duty 

Life’s poorest, humblest part; 

Thou robest in thy splendor 
The simple ways of men. 

And helpest them to render 
Light back to thee again. 

Light of the world, before thee 
Our spirits prostrate fall; 

We worship, we adore thee. 

Thou light, the life of all; 

With thee is no forgetting 
Of all thine hand hath made; 

Thy rising hath no setting. 

Thy sunshine hath no shade. 


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Light of the world, illumine 
This darkened land of thine, 

Till everything that’s human 
Be filled with what’s divine; 

Till every tongue and nation. 

From sin’s dominion free. 

Rise in the new creation 

Which springs from love and thee. 


PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU 

Peace I leave with you. 

My peace I give unto you. 

Not as the world giveth. 

Give I unto you. 

Let not your heart be troubled, 

Neither let it be afraid. 

Peace I leave with you. 

My peace I give unto you. 

TAPS 

Day is done. 

Gone the sun 
From the hills. 

From the woods. 

From the sky. 

All is well. 

Safely rest. 

God is nigh. 

The music for these hymns may be found in Fellow¬ 
ship Hymns and Association Music, which may be 
ordered from The Womans Press, 600 Lexington Ave¬ 
nue, New York City. 


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Section V 


UNIFORM AND INSIGNIA 

The Girl Reserve uniform is both attractive and 
distinctive, with Girl Reserve insignia on middy, tie 
and armband. 

GIRL RESERVE UNIFORM 

Middy—Plain, all white, regulation middy (long 
sleeves, white collar and cuffs) with insig¬ 
nia on the left sleeve. 

Skirt —Pleated skirt, 

white, wash material (summer) 
navy blue serge (winter) 

Tie —Sailor’ssquareor triangular, in Copenhagen 

blue, tied in true sailor’s knot. 

Hat —Small round “middy hat” of white duck 
(any plain white washable sport hat may 
be used). 

Regulation uniform with insignia may be obtained 
from the following firms. The merchandise offered by 
these firms has been found satisfactory in workmanship 
and material and of such style as can be endorsed for 
Girl Reserve uniform and simple dress. 

Write direct for folders giving style and price. 

Morris & Company, Eutaw & Franklin Streets, 
Baltimore, Md. (Paul Jones Garments). 

The “two in one” white middy with insignia on 
left .sleeve; a pleated, blue serge skirt with de¬ 
tachable underwaist; serge or wash bloomers, 
Copenhagen blue messaline tie. 

Lombard Middy Blouse Company, 34-40 Colum¬ 
bus Avenue, Boston, Mass. 

Plain white regulation middy, with insignia; 
pleated skirt; tie of twilled silk, four cord 
border. 

Stepinette Garment Corporation—18 West 34th 
Street, New York City (Formerly, Borger 
Style Service) 

Regulation middy 

Stepinette dress—consisting of blouse, skirt and 
bloomers in one piece, in navy or Copenhagen 
blue. 

Chas. H. Dudley, Inc., Hanover, New Hampshire. 
Regulation middy—middy blouse with short 
sleeves, blue chambray collar and cuffs 
(suitable for camp and sports wear. 

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GIRL RESERVE INSIGNIA* 

Pin—Small silver pin, insignia in blue enamel,Tsafety 
clasp, 35c each. To be worn by all Girl Reserves 
and advisers. Order from The Womans Press, 
600 Lexington, Ave., New York City. 

Ring—Silver ring with insignia on disk. Awarded by 
the Girl Reserve Department of the Young 
Women’s Christian Association, to any high school 
girl meeting the requirements for winning the ring. 
Armband—Felt band in blue, four inches wide, with 
insignia in blue on white mat. For use on special 
occasions, such as banquets, conferences, etc., 
S2.50 per dozen. Order from Annin «& Company, 
99 Fulton Street, New York City. 

GIRL RESERVE NOTE BOOKS 

Order from The Womans Press, 600 Lexington 
Ave., New York City. 

Canvas binders in slate color, with insignia. 

8^ in.xll in. (letter size) price $1.80 
6^ in.x3^ in. (pocket size) “ 1.00 

Fiber cover in blue, with insignia 

6^ in.x3^ in. (pocket size) price .15 
GIRL RESERVE FLAGS 

Order from Annin & Co., 99 Fulton St., New York 
City. 

Girl Reserve flag— 

White wool bunting, insignia in center. 

Christian flag 

White wool bunting, fleld of blue with red 
cross in corner. 

American flag (same size and style). 

Size U. S. Flag Christian Girl Reserve 


Flag 

$1.50 

2.50 


Flag 

$1.90 

3.15 


2x3 ft. 
3x5 ft. 


$1.36 

2.30 


Ask for special information about larger sizes. 

GIRL RESERVE RINGS FOR HIGH SCHOOL 
GIRLS 

The ring is the highest honor that can be won by a 
Girl Reserve. 

She regards the triangle as a symbol of the fullness 
of life which she may And through right relationship to 
people when she tries to live as a Christian of her age 
should live. She tries to advance in her thoughts and 
action along the three kinds of development suggested 
by the three sides of the triangle: health, knowledge, and 
spirit. A girl who wears the Girl Reserve ring wishes 
to feel that she has attained, to a certain degree, the 
ideals of health and knowledge and spirit which are 
fundamental to Christian citizenship. National require¬ 
ments for winning the ring will be available, on a sepa¬ 
rate sheet to fit this Handbook, in October, 1922. 

*A11 prices in this Handbook are subject to change with¬ 
out notice, Place orders early enough to allow for notification 
before shipment if remittance is not suflElcient. 


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Section VI 


EVERY DAY INTEREST OF THE INDIVIDUAL 
GIRL RESERVE 

Note: These “interests” may well be included in a well 
balanced program of a high school or boarding 
school club as well as in the daily life of an indivi¬ 
dual Girl Reserve. 

Further material about them is to be found in the 
Manual for Advisers, sections V and VII. 

Health 

Three Girl Reserve health habits have to do with 
Food 
Feet 
Fun 

Food: 

“What we eat makes us what we are.” The fol¬ 
lowing fundamentals of a diet are for Girl Reserves to 
think about and act upon: 

1. 2500 food calories should be eaten every 

twenty four hours. A calory is a heat unit 
and a food value unit; it is that amount of 
heat necessary to raise one pound of water 
four degrees Fahrenheit. It is not heat, 
not food, simply a unit of measure. It is a 
word which should be used as frequently or 
more frequently than are the words foot, 
yard, quart, gallon, as measures of length 
and of liquids. 

Lulu Hunt Peters, A.B., M.D. 

2. It is important to see that a variety of food 

products is consumed; meat once a day or 
a protein equivalent, such as eggs. Green, 
leafy vegetables should be eaten twice 
daily, and fruit, raw or stewed, should be 
included in the menu once a day at least. 

3. Certain foods known as protective foods are 

necessary. 

(1.) Milk and dairy products; every girl 
should try to drink at least one glass of 
whole milk once a day. 

(2.) Leafy vegetables. 

(3.) Foods made from whole grains, such as 
whole wheat bread and available cereals. 
(4.) Eggs. 

4. Foods for bulk and roughage, such as root 

vegetables, bran, raw fruits, including their 
skins. 

5. Food should be well cooked, flavored and 

served so that it is appetizing. 

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6. Every girl should be careful not to choose two 

starchy foods at one time. 

7. It is important that every girl should have an 

opportunity to drink at least eight glasses 
of water every day. 

Sleep and food, rest and relaxation have much to 
do with each other. Nine hours of sleep for every 
Girl Reserve every nighti 

Feet: Does a girl buy shoes to fit someone’s eyes or 
her feet? 

What is the shape of a baby’s foot? 

What is the shape of a high school girl’s foot? 

What kind of a shoe does she wear? 

Does it have a flat heel? 

Does it have a straight inner line? 

Does it have plenty of room for her toes? 

Does it have a flexible shank? 

Is it low cut, to allow freedom of circulation? 

A list of shoes which meet these requirements may 
be obtained from the Girl Reserve Department, 
600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. For further 
suggestions regarding care of and dressing of the feet, 
see the Manual for Advisers, section V, chapter 2, page 
326 ff. 

Fun: She who would have the greatest fun 

Must limber be and always ready to run! 

To look one’s best, to be efficient, and to be fit.are 
triplets, with fitness as the greatest of the three. Look¬ 
ing one’s best and being able to do things well depend 
so completely on fitness of health that it goes almost 
without saying that the last is the source and begin¬ 
ning of the other two. Try the exercises given on 
pages 334-340 in the Manual for Advisers every day 
for ten minutes, morning and evening, and see what 
happens. 

Christian Citizenship for Girls 

I. What is citizenship? 

A. Knowing about things that will make the 

members of a community safe and happy. 
Long experience has shown how advisable 
it is for society to adopt certain rules and 
regulations. It is sensible for every Girl 
Reserve to know as much as possible about 
the government of her own community, 
state, and nation, so that she will be able 
to judge wisely what her own part in its 
operation will be. 

B. Knowing something of the early history of 

i our country, the background of principles 
on which our nation was founded. 

C. Recognizing the share that every individual 
must take in the upward struggle toward 
betterment, believing and knowing that 
personal efforts count. 

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D. Preparation, on the part of every girl, to p 
her ideals and standards into action as so* 
as she is old enough to vote. 

For program material to further a Girl Reserv< 
growth into citizenship, see section V, chapter 8, Pa 
452 of the Manual for Advisers. See also Soc 
Ideals of the Churches,” page 48 of this Handboc 
under “Suggestions for Resource Material. See al 
Manual for Advisers, page 182 ff. 

Hobbies i 

A Hobby is an activity which a girl undertai 
for the sheer joy of doing it—not because she expe< 
to gain money from it or because “everybody s dol 
it.” Some hobbies for girls are photography, natt 
study, arts and crafts work, *pet animals, collect! 
stamps and coins. See Manual for Advisers, page 7] 

Reading 

“God taught me to read; 

He gave me the world for a book.” 

Books are beloved companions and the joy of o^ 
ing them is great. One good way to begin to own on 
own “bound friends” is to start a bookshelf be 
ever so tiny—in one’s own room. 

If a high school or boarding school girl could o' 
but five books, what would she choose? Ten bool 
Twenty books? 

Girl Reserve book lists are included in the Mam 
for Advisers, pages 485 ff. 

“Movies” 

Questions for Girl Reserves to think about: 

1. Why do you go to a “movie?” 

2. What are the things about it that you rei 

like? , . . : 

3. Who are your favorite stars? What kmoi 

parts do they usually play? 

4. Do you notice the lighting effects, the us« 

nature pictures, the music played during ' 
evening’s performance? _ , 

5. Do you know how a scenario is written? B 

titles are made? Laws governing the : 
of children as “movie” actors? 

6. Is it possible for a high school club to s6| 

high standard for the type of “movi 
shown in a community? 

The following is taken from the February, Ifl 
issue of The Photoplay Magazine, one of the best knc 
motion picture magazines 

To a Young Girl Going to a Photoplay. 

“If it were not for you the photoplay would 
exist. There might be motion pictures of events : 
industries, but there would be no romance. Rom* 
is what the photoplay is made of, and you are the fil 

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half of romance, which always burns with fire of youth 
or glows in youth’s refiection: recollection. 

“You are hatted and coated and furred; one hand 
swings your heavy marching order of powder puff and 
small handkerchief, your other hand clutches firmly 
your admission, plus war-tax—yet wait a moment: 
why are you going to the photoplay? 

To idle away an hour? 

To escape the dinner dishes? 

To be one with the heroine in your paradise 
of happy-ever-after? 

To dream your ideal hero—so grandly differ¬ 
ent from all the men you know? 

“Here is something to remember, the only art 
which ever did anyone any good was an art which was 
honest. An honest art is one which bears a true rela¬ 
tion to real life. Real life, not a dream about life, is 
what each of us has to live. 

“Photoplays which call up that frank, healthy laugh 
of yours, one which makes you want to be something 
worthwhile in the world, one which touches your sym¬ 
pathies and makes you feel kindly toward people, one 
which bears to you the tenderness and strength, the 
helplessness of a real man’s love—photoplays like these 
are more than mere entertainment. They will actually 
help you in realizing the vital and splendid womanhood 
which lies at the end of every American girl’s rainbow 
of youth. 

“Avoid the photoplay that makes you ashamed of 
your father and mother, and the one that makes you 
sorry for yourself, and the one that makes you look 
down on Jimmy because he hasn’t a “dress suit,’’ and 
the nearly naughty story that ends suddenly in a per¬ 
fectly proper marriage. 

“Also remember this: There aren’t any screen 
‘vampires’ in real life, but if there were, men wouldn’t 
fear them, they’d laugh at them. And you wouldn’t 
wish a man to laugh at you—you’d rather he’d hate 
you. 

“Now pass in and observe your photoplay!’’ 

Thrift 

Thrift is not first and foremost saving money, it is 
most surely not stinginess and hoarding, neither is it 
buying always the cheapest article and depositing the 
money thus saved in some hiding place, like an old 
stocking under the hearthstone. Thrift, in the first 
place, is the determining of the value of good things 
like time, health, and material possessions so that they 
will contribute their utmost to each person’s life. 
Every girl’s life has a large number of valuable pos¬ 
sessions, some of which are material and tangible, to 
be seen, to be touched: food, clothing, shelter. Others 
are intangible but very real: time, health, education, 

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play. Still others are absolutely essential but most 
difficult to describe; friendship, family life, and com¬ 
radeship with God. Every day, choices must be made 
among these good things and the habit of making these 
choices in order of their values is one kind of real 
thrift. Thrift is also the way of spending one’s re¬ 
sources—time and energy, and actual money. Many 
girls will find it most interesting to make a budget of 
their resources. (A budget is a “money-map” or a 
“time-map” which shows exactly where one is going.) 

Thrift work, within the club, will be made interest¬ 
ing if all club members share in the writing of “Thrift- 
tograms,” when a thrift meeting is being planned, 
(see the Manual for Advisers, pages 472 ff., for sugges¬ 
tions) There are many ways for bringing the thrift 
emphasis into the club programs. (See chapter 9 of 
section V of the Manual for Advisers and also pages 
796, 797, 798, for further help). 

Vocational Information 

Every live Girl Reserve sees constantly the place 
which the well trained, well educated woman is assum¬ 
ing in the world today, and early in her high school 
experience begins to seek for the best ways to prepare 
herself gradually yet steadily for a life of productive 
usefulness, that is, for such investment of herself, where- 
ever she is, as will result in happiness and satisfaction 
to herself and in products of hand and brain which 
will make the world better for her work. The more 
education, the more training, the wider her background 
of mental knowledge, the greater will be her success in 
almost every case. Success is not to be judged by the 
ordinary standards of the business world, money and 
reputation for skill, but by the standard of how one 
grows as an individual and how one fits into the work 
of the community and of the world. A girl can be 
called successful in an occupation not if she makes a 
good salary alone, but if the work offers her the 
chance to grow in power and to develop her hidden 
talents, which will shrivel away if they are not used. 

The following questions, which are asked so that 
a Girl Reserve may check up a wee bit on her own 
possibilities, should be carefully considered by each 
Girl Reserve early in the club year, and then when 
several meetings on vocational information have been 
held, she may test herself out again by answering the 
questions for a second time. It would be interesting, 
also, to write in the blank spaces some impressions 
about the meetings or about the vocations presented, 
such as teaching, library work, secretarial work, com¬ 
mercial art, etc. The questions suggested on page 45 
are to be thought about when alone and talked over 
with other Girl Reserves or with the secretary or ad¬ 
viser. 


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DISCOVERING MY POSSIBILITIES 

“O! wad some power the giftie gie us to see our 
sel’s as ithers see us.” 

I. Name.Age.... 

Where were you born?. 

Where was your father born ?. 

Your mother?. 

II. Father’s occupation?. 

Mother’s occupation?. 

III. What school studies do you like best?. 

Why ?. 

IV. When not in school, what do you like best to do? 

V. Name in order of choice three occupations which you 
are considering . 


VI. Why are you studying these occupations? 


VII. Have you definitely decided upon and will you be able 
to fit yourself for the occupation first mentioned?.... 


VIII. What qualities do you think you possess that will 
make you a success in your chosen occupation?. 


IX. Of what help will the rest of your school work be in 
making you a success?. 


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1. What was the earliest decision that you ever made 
with regard to what you were going to do when you 
were grown up? Has it changed? If it has, can you 
imagine why? Do you suppose your decision will 
change again? 

2. What good will it do to get ready for one occupation 
if you are likely to change to another in a few years? 

3. Who is the most successful woman that you know? 
Get her to tell you how she came to her present 
success. Without giving her name, will you tell her 
story to the group and let the group decide whether 
all people reach success in the same way or each in 
her own way? 

4. Do you think a person works who does not earn 
money? Would you rather work without the neces¬ 
sity of earning money? Which do you think it is 
easier to do well, earn money or spend money? 

5. What do you think of these things as helps in getting 
habits of success. 

(а) Budgeting your money (spending your money 
according to a definite plan)? 

(б) Budgeting your time (using the hours of the day 

according to a plan)? . 

Which is easier—to make a plan or to keep it? Why 
is it worth while to get the habit of doing this? 

“It isn’t the gale, but the set of the sail 

That determines the way you go!’’ 

Worship 

A girl’s religious life is expressed chiefly through 
two main avenues, worship and service. It is per¬ 
fectly natural to worship. Everybody worships. In 
all countries of the world, among all peoples of the 
world, men turn toward that which they hold to be 
sacred. People find in worship a strengthening of their 
personal relationship with God and a sense of fellow¬ 
ship with other worshippers. 

In her church or at the Association a girl finds an 
opportunity to share in a more formal service of wor¬ 
ship, where beauty of music and order of service, in 
addition to a talk or sermon, join her with a body of 
people, who, like her, are seeking the friendship of (>od. 

The club ceremonial and the installation and recog¬ 
nition services are times when the club may express its 
desire to thank a loving Father for good gifts to the 
members as individuals and for the opportunity to serve 
and to show appreciation of loveliness in the world 
through the use of poems and stories. It is oul of doors 
that perhaps the greatest sense of nearness to God 
comes. By silent enjoyment of a beautiful sunset, or 
appreciation of a mountain’s rugged strength, through 
singing, or through the dramatization of some of the 
loveliest of the Bible stories, a group finds expression 
for its thanksgiving and reverence. (For further sug¬ 
gestions regarding worship, see section V, chapter I, 
Manual for Advisers.) 

That the being of me have room to grow. 

That my eyes may meet God’s eyes and know, 

I will hew great windows, wonderful windows, 
Measureless windows for my soul. 

Angela Morgan.* 

^rom “Room” in “The Hour Has Struck”, used by per¬ 
mission of Dodd Mead and Company, Inc. 

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Date of club meeting 


Subject discussed... 
Name of speaker (s) 
My impressions. . 


Date of club meeting 
Subject discussed... . 
Name of speaker (s). 
My impressions. . . . . 


Date of club meeting 
Subject discussed... 
Name of speaker (s) 
My impressions. 


Date of club meeting 
Subject discussed... . 
Name of speaker (s) . 
My impressions. 


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Section VII 


SUGGESTIONS FOR RESOURCE MATERIAL 

The following material is suggested as necessary 
for a year of club work, other books and pamphlets 
and supplies may be added to the list. 

A. Handbook for High School or Boarding School 
Girl Reserves. 

B. The Girl Reserve Movement—A Manual for 
Advisers. 

C. A Girl Reserve notebook for the club secretary. 

D. A record book for the club treasurer. 

E. OfiQcial Girl Reserve posters. 

F. Bible study courses (see the catalogue of The 
Womans Press, 600 Lexington Avenue, New 
York City). 

G. A standard book of games, such as Ban¬ 
croft’s Games for the Playground, Home, 
School and Gymnasium. 

H. Stories and poems. 

I. Copies of Association Music or Fellowship 
Hymns. 

J. Copies of The Girls’ Work Bookshelf, pub¬ 
lished by the Girl Reserve Department. 

K. Large and small candles for the ceremonials. 

L. Small triangles for the candles used in the 
recognition service. 

M. See also section V of the Handbook for infor¬ 
mation regarding the uniform and insignia. 

N. Copies of the “Social Ideals of the Churches” 
which are stated as follows: 

Social Ideals of the Churches—action taken 
by the Federal Council of the Churches of 
Christ in America at a special meeting held 
at Cleveland, Ohio, May 6-8, 1919: 

Resolved: That we reafBrm the social plat¬ 
form adopted by the first Quadrennial in 
Chicago, 1912, and ratified by the second 
Quadrennial in St, Louis, 1916. 

That the churches stand for— 

I. Equal rights and justice for all men in all 
stations of life. 

II. Protection of the family by the single standard 
of purity, uniform divorce laws, proper regula¬ 
tion of marriage, proper housing. 

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III. The fullest possible development of every 
child, especially by the provision of education 
and recreation. 

IV. Abolition of child labor. 

V. Such regulation of the conditions of toil for 
women as shall safeguard the physical and 
moral health of the community. 

VI, Abatement and prevention of poverty. 

VII. Protection of the Individual and society from 
the social, economic and moral waste of the 
liquor traffic. 

/^III. Conservation of health. 

IX. Protection of the worker from dangerous ma¬ 
chinery, occupational diseases and mortality. 

X. The right of all men to the opportunity for self¬ 
maintenance, for safeguarding this right 
against encroachments of every kind, for the 
protection of workers from the hardships of 
enforced unemployment. 

XI. Suitable provisions for the old age of the 
workers, and for those incapacitated by injury. 

XII. The right of employees and employers alike to 
ii organize; and for adequate means of concilia¬ 
tion and arbitration in industrial disputes. 

CIIJ. Release from employment one day in seven. 
CIV. Gradual and reasonable reduction of hours of 
labor to the lowest practicable point, and for 
that degree of leisure for all which is a condition 
of the highest human life. 

XV. A living wage as a minimum in every industry, 
and for the highest wage that each industry can 
afford. 

:VI. A new emphasis upon the application of Chris¬ 
tian principles to the acquisition and use of 
property, and for the most equitable division 
of the product of industry that can ultimately 
be devised. 

i acing the social issues involved in reconstruction 

RESOLVED: That we affirm as Christian 

Churches, 

1. That the teachings of Jesus are those of essen- 
' tial democracy and express themselves through 

I brotherhood and the co-operation of all groups. 

! We deplore class struggle and declare against 

! all class domination, whether of capital or 

I labor. Sympathizing with labor's desire for 

' a better day and an equitable share in the 

profits and management of industry, we stand 
for orderly and progressive social reconstruction 
instead of revolution by violence. 


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2. That an ordered and constructive democracy 
in industry is as necessary as political democ¬ 
racy and that collective bargaining and the 
sharing of shop control and management are 
inevitable steps in its attainment. 

3. That the first charge upon industry should be 
that of a wage sufficient to support an Ameri¬ 
can standard of living. To that end we ad¬ 
vocate the guarantee of a minimum wage, the 
control of unemployment through govern¬ 
ment labor exchanges, public works,’ land 
settlement, social insurance and experimenta¬ 
tion in profit sharing and co-operative owner¬ 
ship. 

4. We recognize that women played no small 
part in the winning of the war. We believe 
that they should have full political and eco¬ 
nomic equality with equal pay for equal work, 
and a maximum eight hour day. We declare 
for the abolition of night work by women, and 
the abolition of child labor; and for the pro¬ 
vision of adequate safeguards to insure the 
moral as well as the physical health of the 
mothers and children of the race. 


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